April 13, 2013

The Man From UNCLE Season 3

I had been NetFlixing a disc or two at a time from the third season of The Man From UNCLE over the last few months. The show aired from September 16 1966 to April 14 1967 and the 30 episodes sure aren't up to the average of the first season. In fact some of the scripts just plain sucked. The tone got even sillier and the stories more ludicrous. The fights were even suckier than the previous season, at times I was laughing from embarrassment. There are plenty of fun guest stars: Estelle Winwood, Jeannine Riley, Joan Collins, J Carrol Naish, Carol Wayne, Richard Anderson, Pat Harrington Jr, Shari Lewis, Jack Palance, Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff, Nancy Sinatra, Victor Borge, Ted Cassidy, Harold J Stone, Cher, Joan Crawford, Telly Savalis, Herbert Lom and many more. It didn't help the show though, the ratings dropped, and it was nearly cancelled. There's a 4th season and I'll get to that eventually. I read on the Wikipedia that they tried to make season 4 better but it got cancelled half way through the season.